"And I, infinitesima­l being, drunk with the great starry void, likeness, image of mystery, I felt myself a pure part of the abyss, I wheeled with the stars, my heart broke loose on the wind."

"It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations."

"Everybody is a main character to someone..."

"To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise."

"Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself."

"Be as you wish to seem."

"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."

"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."

"As long as you live, keep learning how to live."

"He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough."

"Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance."

"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."

"To find yourself, think for yourself."

"Knowledge is power."

"Silence is a lesson learned through life’s many sufferings."

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom."

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."

"By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest."

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."

"Behind every success is hard work, persistence, and faith."

"Nothing will work unless you do."

"The path to success is to take massive, determined action."